In honor of Kosgei's wr on sunday, I thought I'd compare all of the world records against iaaf's official scoring sheet and see which one is considered the best, and which one is considered the worst. Here's what I found: (for times/marks with no direct score translation, I chose the better score)
Scoring Tables for Men’s Outdoor Events
Sprints, Hurdles and Relays:
100m (official) - Usain Bolt - 9.58 - Score: 1356
100m (unofficial)* - Justin Gatlin - 9.45 - Score: 1404 (9.46 is the minimum posted)
110mH - Aries Merritt - 12.80 - Score: 1294
200m - Usain Bolt - 19.19 - Score: 1351
300m - Wayde Van Niekerk - 30.81 - Score: 1274
400m - Wayde Van Niekerk - 43.03 - Score: 1321
400mH - Kevin Young - 46.78 - Score: 1296
4x100m - Jamaica - 36.84 - Score: 1318
4x200m - Jamaica - 1:18.63 - Score: 1272
4x400m - USA - 2:54.29 - Score: 12.82
* Wind assisted +20 m/s
Middle Distances:
600m - Johnny Gray - 1:12.81 - Score: 1243
800m - David Rudisha - 1:40.91 - Score: 1302
1000m - Noah Ngeny - 2:11.96 - Score: 1254
1500m - Hicham El Guerrouj - 3:26.00 - Score: 1303
Mile - Hicham El Guerrouj - 3:43.13 - Score: 1292
2000m - Hicham El Geurrouj - 4:44.79 - Score: 1290
Long Distances and Steeplechase:
2000m SC - Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad - 5:10.68 - Score: 1249
3000m - Daniel Komen - 7:20.67 - Score: 1300
3000m SC - Saif Saaeed SHAHEEN - 7:53.63 - Score: 1289
2 miles - Daniel Komen - 7:58.61 - Score: 1277
5000m - Kenenisa Bekele - 12:37.35 - Score: 1295
10000m - Kenenisa Bekele - 26:17.53 - Score: 1296
Road Running:
10km - Leonard Patrick Komon - 26:44 - Score: 1262
15km - Joshua Cheptegei/Geoffery Kamworor (En route to HM) - 41:05 - Score: 1248
10 miles - Haile Gebreselassie - 44:24 - Score: 1238
20km - Haile Gebreselassie - 56:26.0 - Score: 1206
HM - Geoffery Kamworor - 58:01 - Score: 1277
25km - Moses Mosop - 1:12:25.4 - Score: 1188
30km - Moses Mosop - 1:26:47.4 - Score: 1234
Marathon (official) - Eliud Kipchoge - 2:01:39 - Score: 1316
Marathon (unofficial)* - Eluid Kipchoge - 1:59:40.2 - Score: 1354
100km - Nao Kazami - 6:09:14 - Score: 1235
* Not gonna type it out you know why it’s unofficial
Race Walking:
3km W - Giovani De Benedictis - 10:47.11 - Score: 1216
5km W - Hatem Ghoula - 18:05.49 - Score: 1223
10km W - Roman Rasskasov - 37:11 - Score: 1254
20km W - Yusuke Suzuki - 1:16:36 - Score: 1266
30km W - Maurizio Damilano - 2:01:44.1 - Score: 1248
35km W - Vladimir Kanaykin - 2:21:31 - Score: 1281
50km W - Yohann Diniz - 3:32:33 - Score: 1270
Jumping and Throwing events and Decathlon:
HJ - Javier Sotomayor - 2.45m - Score: 1314
PV - Renaud Lavillenie - 6.16m - Score: 1311
LJ - Mike Powell - 8.95m - Score: 1346
TJ - Johnathon Edwards - 18.29m - Score: 1303
SP - Randy Barnes - 23.12m - Score: 1308
DT - Jürgen Schult - 74.08m - Score: 1321
HT - Yuriy Sedykh - 86.74m - Score: 1299
JT - Jan Železný - 98.48m - Score: 1366
Decathlon - Kevin Mayer - 9126 - Score: 1303
Scoring Tables for Women’s Outdoor Events
Sprints, Hurdles and Relays
100m - Florence Griffith-Joyner - 10.49 - Score: 1314
100mH - Kendra Harrison - 12.20 - Score: 1261
200m - Florence Griffith-Joyner - 21.34 - Score: 1308
300m - Shaunae Miller-Uibo - 34.41 - Score: 1270
400m - Marita Koch - 47.60 - Score: 1304
400mH - Dalilah Muhammed - 52.16 - Score: 1264
4x100m - USA - 40.82 - Score: 1274
4x200m - USA - 1:27.46 - Score: 1233
4x400m - Soviet Union - 3:15.17 - Score: 1268
Middle Distances
600m - Caster Semenya - 1:21.77 - Score: 1246
800m - Jarmila Kratochvílová - 1:53.28 - Score: 1286
1000m - Svetlana Masterkova - 2:28.98 - Score: 1252
1500m - Genzebe Dibaba - 3:50.07 - Score: 1288
Mile - Sifan Hassan - 4:12.33 - Score: 1251
2000m - Genzebe Dibaba - 5:23.75 - Score: 1230
Long Distances and Steeplechase
2000m SC - Gesa-Felicitis Krause - 5:52.80 - Score: 1251
3000m - Junxia Wang - 8:06.11 - Score: 1294
3000m SC - Beatrice Chepkoech - 8:44.32 - Score: 1286
2 mile - Meseret Defar - 8:58.58 - Score: 1239
5000m - Tirunesh Dibaba - 14:11.15 - Score: 1261
10000m - Almaz Ayana - 29:17.45 - Score: 1288
Road Running
10km (women only) - Asmae Leghzaoui - 30:29 - Score: 1242
10km (mixed) - Joyciline Jepkosgei - 29:43 - Score: 1286
15km - Joyciline Jepkosgei - 45:37 - Score: 1272
10 miles - Brigid Kosgei - 49:21 - Score: 1263
20km - Brigid Kosgei - 1:01:20 - Score: 1276
HM (women only) - Netsanet Gudeta - 1:06:11 - Score: 1241
HM (mixed) - Joyciline Jepkosgei - 1:04:51 - Score: 1275
25km - Mary Keitany - 1:19:53 - Score: 1232
30km - Mary Keitany - 1:36:05 - Score: 1249
Marathon (women only) - Mary Keitany - 2:17:01 - Score: 1265
Marathon (mixed) - Brigid Kosgei - 2:14:04 - Score: 1296
100km - Tomoe Abe - 6:33:11 - Score: 1237
Race Walking
3km W - Ileana salvador - 11:48.24 - Score: 1191
5km W - Eleanora Giorgi - 20:01.80 - Score: 1220
10km W - Yelena Nikoleyeva - 41:04 - Score: 1230
20km W - Hong Liu - 1:24:38 - Score: 1234
30km W - Tatyana Sibileva - 2:24:56 - Score: 1139
50km W - Hong Liu - 3:59:15 - Score: 1285
Jumping and Throwing events and Decathlon
HJ - Stefka Kostadinova - 2.09m - Score: 1309
PV - Yelena Isinbayeva - 5.06m - Score: 1290
LJ - Galina Chistyakova - 7.52m - Score: 1333
TJ - Inessa Kravets - 15.50m - Score: 1272
SP - Natalia Lisovskaya - 22.63m - Score: 1373
DT - Gabriele Reinsch - 76.80m - Score: 1383
HT - Anita Włodarczyk - 82.98m - Score: 1304
JT - Barbora Špotáková - 72.28m - Score: 1307
Heptathlon - Jackie Joyner-Kersee - 7291 - Score: 1331
Most impressive World Record (highest score): Women’s Discus Throw - Gabriele Reinsch of Germany - 76.80m - Score: 1383
Least impressive World Record (lowest score): Women’s 30km Race Walk - Tatyana Sibileva of Russia - 2:24:56 - Score: 1139
For those not aware of the scoring table, here is the official document from the iaaf website, as well as the resource for the records:
file:///home/chronos/u-a1ba5f107a755ddb62b93d590865b98590383ca7/MyFiles/Downloads/IAAF%20Scoring%20Tables%20of%20Athletics%20-%20Outdoor%20.pdf